Technical Copywriter for Piper Group plc

Before being acquired by BAE SYSTEMS, the Piper Group was one of the UK's leading technical information services businesses for the aerospace and defence industries. I worked on a wide-range of marketing, PR and technical copywriting for the business and its clients for six years, and later as a freelance technical copywriter.

For Piper Group plc, Bristol, UK

In 2006, the Piper Group launched a joint venture with BAeHAL software in India. I was tasked with the press release copywriting to support this initiative.

Earlier writing work for Piper Group plc including the following:

• Copywriter/copy-editor – internal and client newsletters (read a sample article from the Pipeline newsletter).
  
  
  
  
• Website content
• Business proposals
• PowerPoint presentations
• Brochure content for technical document localisation
• Datasheets
• Recruitment copywriting

For Rolls-Royce plc

• Technical copywriter on a ground-support equipment manual (GSE).

For Hyder plc, Welsh Water and United Utilities

• Technical copywriter – two CD-based O&M manuals.

For Hydro International plc, Bristol, UK

• Technical copywriter – several product manuals for Hydro International's overseas licensees.

For Airbus UK, Bristol, UK

• Copywriter for the Airbus UK technical publications department.
• Copywriter and editor – monthly (TPRE Newsletter to update Airbus UK staff on a major technical publications re-engineering project.
• Copywriter for Airbus UK internal newsletter and poster campaigns.
• Article copywriting to support the A340-500/600 Operator deliverables team. My work subsequently formed the basis of a piece appearing in Airbus News.

For Tongue Tied Ltd, Bristol, UK

• Copywriter on the 'Bridging the Language Barrier' brochure created for Tongue Tied Bristol and subsequently adopted by Tongue Tied UK.
  
  
  
  
• Localisation copy-editing of a software user-manual for Tekla, a leading Finnish software house.